Fred Muvunyi

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Rwanda's progress towards a more liberal media environment has been short-lived.

In May Fred Muvunyi, the head of the Rwanda Media Commission, fled the country for fear of being detained or attacked, and the country's telecommunications regulator suspended the operation agreement for the BBC's Great Lakes radio service indefinitely.

Twenty years after massacres, Rwanda stable but its media restricted

The Rwandan government has taken great strides in bringing stability to the country since the 1994 genocide that claimed 800,000 lives, but moves to allow greater press freedom have been slow. While government control of the media has loosened, many journalists remain fearful that the regulations are not enough to stop the harassment and threats, and that a lack of investment is damaging their professional reputation. A special report of the Committee to Protect Journalists by Anton Harber

"@RFI speak straight
up English, frenchie!! U crying? U started not to make sense," was one taunting
tweet from a certain prolific Twitter account belonging to "Richard Goldston." The
account, since deleted, belonging to a self-proclaimed "anti-imperialist,"
repeatedly antagonized Radio France Internationale journalist Sonia Rolley for her critical coverage of the deaths of
Rwandan government officials-turned-dissidents.